Walking around the bottom of Oliver’s Castle today – these amazing hill formations.
Image credit: tjj
tjj
First visited on January 2nd this year. Very happy to re-visit today in late summer.
Image credit: tjj
The characteristic cross shape of the west, south and north chambers.
Image credit: tjj
Glimpses of the harvested fields through the trees from the barrow
Image credit: tjj
The view from Harefield hillfort towards the River Severn
Image credit: tjj
Hard to find but identified by use of OS Explorer 179 and its east/west alignment.
Image credit: tjj
The ‘Cross-dyke’, 2000 yr old Iron Age earthen mound and ditch.
Image credit: tjj
National Trust information plaque “More than just lumps and bumps”; it gives the history of the area dating back 5,000 years
Image credit: tjj
The highest end of the long barrow with its impressive false ‘entrance’.
Image credit: tjj
Map of barrows to be found in the Gloucestershire area – in Corinium Museum, Cirencester
Image credit: tjj
Reconstruction of the south chamber of Hazleton Barrow – in the Corinium Museum, Cirencester
Image credit: tjj
Today walking back from Waden Hill.
Image credit: tjj
A second stone with a Cotswold stone wall built around it.
Image credit: tjj
A fleeting illicit visit into Gatcombe Park as some ‘event’ was being set up.
Image credit: tjj
